Button.



L. P. CHRISTENSEN.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1912.

1,202,031. Patented 001;. 24,1916.

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BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

Application filed November 16, 1912. Serial No. 731,824.

To all whom it may concern Be it known .that I, LARS PEDER CHRISTEN-SEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to buttons. H

One object of my invention is to provide an improved form of buttonwhich may be securely fastened to clothing or the equivalent which doesnot necessitate the sewing of the button to the clothing.

Another or more specific object of the invention is to provide a buttonhead device which is attachable to clothing by means of a suitablestaple device.

Still another object of the invention is to provide means on the buttonhead device which will deflect or bend the prongs of the staple, as thesame is driven into the button head device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a button of this kind thatis of such construction that an ornamented head or covering of anypreferred design may be effectively fastened or secured thereto.

Still further objects of the invention are to provide a device that isof simple construction, that employs few parts, and which may bemanufactured at a minimum cost.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is described hereinafter, inconnection with drawings accompanying this application.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a buttonconstructed in accordance with my invention, the same being suitablyfastened to cloth, and on an enlarged scale. Fig. 2 is, a top view ofthe cloth engaging section of the button; Fig.

' 8 1S a top view of the other section of the button; Fig. 4 is a topview of one form of staple; Fig. 5 is an elevation of such form ofstaple; Fig. 6 is a top view of another form of staple, and Fig. 7 is anelevation of the latter form of staple.

In the drawings, like reference characters designate like or similarparts throughout the several views.

The button comprises a head devicehaving complementary sections 1 and 2,the latter being referred to hereinafter as the cloth engaging section,for convenience. Said sections are manufactured separately and arefastened together at theiredges as by clench ing a'fiange 3 on thesection 1, over the edge of the section 2. V

The cloth engaging section 2 is provided with a suitable rib or annularwall 4 which defines'a boss 5'interior thereof, which boss it will beseen by reference to Fig. 1, pro jects below the remainder of thesection 2 to effectively provide a space for the'reception of thatportion of the cloth adjacent the buttonhole through which the buttonhead is passed. Said boss is preferably struck inwardly at 6 to providea transverse groove 7.

The section lis provided with a rib 9 so constructed as to be distancedslightly from the rib 4 and to form a cap thereover. It

will be seen that the ribs have arcuate walls and provide intermediatethe same arcuate or tortuous channels.

The button head device is attached to cloth or other material which maybe designated 10, by driving a staple member through the cloth and intothe button. member may be of any suitable form, one form being shown inFigs. 4 and 5. In said figures four pointed prongs are provided anddesignated'll, and are joined together by a plate designated 12. Anotherform of staple is shown in Fig. 6 and therein it is shown substantiallyU-shaped and as having two pointed prongs 13. When the button isattached to the cloth and enters the opening 8 extending into theinterior of the button head, such prongs enter the space intermediatethe rib 4 and cap rib 5. It is necessary that the staple be driven by asuitable instrument such as a hammer, and when so driven, the prongs bythe engagement with the walls of the ribs 4 and 9 will be bent ordeflected as shown in Fig. 1, to extend over the rib 4; therebyeffectively attaching the button head to the cloth, such as 10.

The button head may be rendered ornamental in any desired manner, as byembossing the section 1 to provide a desired design. If preferred, ametal cover such as 14 may be clenched or fastened at the flange 3, asshown in Fig. 1, and further if desired, this metal cover may havesecured or fastened around the same, a. leather or other flexiblecovering such as 15.

Such a staple The ribs 4 and 9 are shown as annular in form, but it isobvious that the same need not be annular, but may be of any width orextent desired. Alsoit is to beunderstood that changes in the details ofconstruction of the device, within the'spirit and 'scope of What I claimas new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is A button, comprising aninner section crimped adjacent the central portion to -provide aninwardly extending rib surrounding l0 the-central portionnf the "innersection, the

inner portion being provided With openings, and crimped to-provide areinforcing rib extending between the openings, a plate having its edgeportionsecuredto the edge 15 portion of said inner section and havingits central portion crimped to extend about the rib and into the spaceinclosed thereby in close proximity to said rib, and an attach ingmember provided With prongs extending through the openings of thecentral portion of said inner section upon opposite sides of thereinforcing rib and passing-through the space between said rib and thecrimped.

portion of said plate in tight engagement with the rib.

LARS PEDER CHRISTENSEN.

Witnesses:

- JOHN V. MANNOTT, FRANCES ANDERsEN.

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